Projectile-thrower



-L. B. HARVEY] PROJECTILE THROW'ER. APPLICATION FILED APR; H, 1921.

ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 13, 1921 To all whom it Concern: ,i Be'it known that 1, Lotus Bufialo, county of Erie,

and exact description of'the 's'ame,- reference being" bad to the accompanying drawings,

device LOUISB. HARVEY, or nurriiino, HEWX Q KQ 1 r Application filed A rilii,

B. HARVEY, a citizen of the United States, residin at 'Stateor' New 'ork, certain new and useful Im- Proj ectile Throwers; and r I to be a full, clear,

have invented provements 111 do declare the following andfto' the cliaraoters oi reference marked t n, W wh form a part of applica- 'tion.,

' This linvention relates-to improvement-sin implements'of lwarfare, the principal ob 'ject of the invention being *to provide .a

for hurling projectiles in'rap'idisuccession and to a considerable distance, Sim-- lar to amachlne gun as far as the number and destructive heat developed, which preof projectiles which may be thrown in a given time-isfconeerned, but eliminating the need of gunpowder and the consequent high eludes the long continued use of firearms, since they rapidly overheat, the burnt gases corrode the metal and they are apt to jam 7 or explode, with disastrous consequences.

device, the above de- With my improved and it maybe used fects fare' eliminated,

continuously for long "periods I without LIhe, projectiles .may also be'lthrown at any angle relative to the ground, depending, as in the case of firearms, on the range desired, Y

The device may also" be constructed as a portable structure, :to be mounted on railway trucks or. on wheels of its own, or it] Fig.2 is an enlarged fragmentary crosssection taken'ona line2+2 of Fig. 1;

yet one which "the following specificationand claims.

r fo reference indicate corresponding parts in 5 Figure 1 is a sldeelevationv of'my im H p j I i ter 15'i's movedclear of the chute, allowing one shot at a timeto pass into the-path of 1.

may be installed as a rigid and permanent,- piece of equipment. 1

A further bj ect of the inventionis to produce a simple and inexpensive devioefand will beexceedingly effective for the purposes for which it is designed, These objects Iaccomplish by. means of suchstru cture and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of;

In the drawings, similar characters of the several views.

proved device.

Referringv now more particularly to :the

' Spee ificatioii of Patent.

' and strength;

wheel 9. r

Fixedtof'deliver on to the table and'lon bin' being e spherical projectiles 12' and'theehute being "or a size to aceo'mmodate only onegvertical-f 'layerofsuch projectiles, r fpi'ojectlles-or shot an; adapted to 1011 by gravity on the shot in fr 12 a sa-a e. I

stanti'al disk Q o'fany desired -size,

to be rotated at highsp'eefdby"Inefi fiS if electrlc'-mot'or, stearn ori'gas engineer. ther-j wise? Rigidly mounted onthe di'sk radial alinen'ient and proj ectinga certain distance beyond the outer periphery' thereof is In vertical alineifient'with "the hammer and there:beloW-is"a-flat table'4,polsitionedf i tangential to the disk, and foi'med withfa .guide' member 5adapted to ridein ta slot 6.- V in the name 'theaxis being arranged to b warned bya hand.

the side. thereof away from the; frame fl'f-is a chute lO'having a Isupply bin 'or'jhopper llg mounted therewith and there-above; this adapted; to -ho-ld f' nuinb'er of f V to the table into the path Offthe hammer, 1 their 1 movement i in; this 9 1 direction beingnmi 'ee y. aback stop; 3,

positioned so that wlienkafishot 'is' {abutting 1 90 a there against the vertical center line off the hammer and shot, Willlie inacommon plane. The stop member13is a rigid is insulated from the table, being as electric coils 14,;sol as to draw. the shot theretoward. more rapidly latterf moved by the force A slidinggate or shutter 15. ismounted j in connection-with the mouth of thechute, V f '7 s that thewifiowfof shot fiatt m be c ff-at will. r

"Inoperation, the hopper .isffilledffull"of V predetermined size to 'suit all necessary conditions} as heretofore? x; 1 1

shot: of a certain and described. I The disk isf then rotated, and: when it has reached a certainspeed, the shut the hammer 3.1 The latter ofcourse strikes}.

7 nt. thereof, and. projects'f it-i characters of reference onthe drawings, the ,1 numeral 1 denotes a'frame ofsuitable shap'e 'in'whichffiisjournaledasub adapted I v ofthe disk. rack 7' ofs'imilar curvature isal'so formedw'ith'orfixed'tofthe g 7 table member and is meshed witha'a worm 8 j"? j'ournaled O n j-the frame-.1, and -the"worm fixturje,buti.

ap ed i be highly magnetizedbysome such meansthan if the iiifj of gravity alone l Y.

forth with a velocity and energy depending on the speed of the disk, which may be easily determined if the diameter and rim-speed of the disk are known. WVhen the shot-table is positioned horizontally as shown in the drawing, the device is arranged for shooting at close range. For long distance range, when the shot must be projected at an upward angle which depends on the range, the' power of the magnet, and secondly on account of the fact that the normal and necessary speed of the disk is so great that a shot would have no time to more than pass into the path of the hammer between revolutions of the latter. 7 v

The firing, if it may be so called, may be continued indefinitely as long as the driving power and the supply of shot hold out, as there is no great supply of heat generated.

The only part which will need renewal is the hammer, which may easily be replaced in a few minutes, and which is preferably made ofthe'hardest yet toughest quality of steel obtainable. V

. From the foregoing description it will be -:readily seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfils the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

,VVhile this specification sets forth'in detail the present and'preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may beresorted to as do not form a departure'from thespirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

1 Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the character described including a disk adapted to be rotated at a high speed, ahammer fixed to and project ing from the periphery of the disk, a table under the hammer, a bin to receive shot, a chute leading therefrom and discharging onto the table, and means for positively drawing the shot from the chute to pass into and lie in the path of movement of the hammer. V a 2. A device of the character described includinga disk adapted to be rotated at a high speed, a hammer fixed t'o and projecting from the periphery of the disk, a table under the hammer, abin to receive shot, a chute leading therefrom and discharging onto the table and a stop-plate on the opposite side of the table from the chute-discharge, the plate being. so positioned as to cause the shot to'come to rest directly, in the path ofthe hammer. a l. A device of the character set forth comprising arotatable driven disk serving as a fly-wheel, a replaceable hammer fixedon the disk radially thereof adjacent the outer peand means for feeding shot into the pathof said hammer.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

LOUIS B. HARVEY.

riphery thereof and.v projecting therebeyond. 

